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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the King get Vexley talking about rat breeding?
(a) He cannot seem to get Vexley to talk about rats.
(b) By offering him a small percentage in the rat meat business.
(c) By threatening to tell on Vesley for having extra rations.
(d) By giving Vexley a cigarette.

2. Why does Larkin punish Pvt. Gurble?
(a) For not fulfilling his roster duties.
(b) For stealing.
(c) For fighting.
(d) For gambling.

3. Who is Sean?
(a) A cross-dresser.
(b) The camp cook.
(c) The camp idiot.
(d) A young boy who serves the officers.

4. What does Col. Kennedy want to know from the King?
(a) What Marlowe is doing outside the wire.
(b) Why Sgt. Masters didn't get enough quinine in time.
(c) Why Lt. Grey keeps going to the enlisted latrines.
(d) The secret of the King's health and success.

5. What does Marlowe offer the King after eating King's eggs?
(a) A free night out in town.
(b) A machete.
(c) Tobacco cured in the Javanese way.
(d) A Cuban cigar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does Grey say he has heard rumors?

2. Who leads a raid?

3. Who is Peter Marlowe?

4. For what do the Korean guards search?

5. Why does Grey feel defeated?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Max, Tex and Marlowe doing at the opening of Chapter 9 and why?

2. Describe The King.

3. What does Vexley teach and how does it help the rat business?

4. What secret does the King leak to the Australians and how does Marlowe react to the news?

5. How does Marlowe demonstrate the part of his personality that might be labeled risk taker or thrill seeker?

6. What does Malowe learn about rats?

7. How does Marlowe astound the King?

8. What is the status of Eve at the opening of Chapter 11?

9. Why is Lt. Grey happy at the beginning of Chapter 6?

10. Who is the Provost Marshal and what is he doing at the opening of Chapter 1.

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